COUNTRY CLUB SHRUG THE ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG’S TAG TO RECORD FIRST WIN OF SEASON.
A night high on drama, but low on quality, Norton Country Club had to show some resolve and dig deep to record their first ever win in the league.
For the second consecutive week, it was a local derby, this time against Water Tower ‘B’.
The night began badly as the Water Tower took the Team 1001 match, in arguably the worst game witnessed in living memory, not since Frank Pratt and Hamish McTaggart consumed six bottles of whiskey between them one night at the club, in 1954, and decided to play nearest the bull has there been such a catastrophic car crash of a match.
Bulldog, rode his luck but came out on top to kick start the main game, Chukka threw like a man with no arms who tried his best to throw it all away but still ended up somehow winning.
Arguably, the highlight of the evening came in the third game, when visiting captain Babs Latham hit a 180, sparking joyous celebrations. It was a cruel Hammer blow for Woody and the Water Tower were back in it. Next up the housewives’ favourite, the Jailbird, who built up a commanding lead. All pre-match talk of bringing it home, looked like the ramblings of a madman, as stamina and power faded in the cauldron of fire and suddenly it was all square. Superfan Doris was very upset, she later told reporters that she’d heard a rumour that Jailbird was hot property and the club’s shining light, we didn’t have the nerve to tell her that it was Jailbird who started the rumour. Paulo won his match at a canter, but any notion that the match would become a formality were dealt a severe blow when ‘the Magician’ did a disappearing act and lost. Max was at loss to describe his embarrassing performance, but the Brigadier gave him some level-headed advice, ‘Next time, wear shorts’.
The Doubles would prove to be pivotal and Max and Woody despite trailing for a long time finally overcame their opponents, which left the decider in the hands of Paulo and Chukka. It was never in doubt. Final Score 5-3 to the NHCC. The Club’s Dart Ultras went home happy.
Team manager Chukka, who stepped down and then was re-instated, by himself said ‘Fair play to the Water Tower, we were fortunate, it’s by far the worst we’ve played and yet, it ended in victory. Strange game this darts malarkey as Cersei said in Game of Thrones, ‘When you play the game of darts, you either win or you lose’.
And Finally, special mention to our very own Paul (Paulo) Reeve who has climbed to the top of the individual rankings in The League. Well played.
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